All med terms final

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

prostat/o

prostate gland

orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o

testis, testicle

vesicul/o

seminal vesicle

Epididym/o

epididymis

vas/o

vessel, duct

spermat/o, sperm/o

spermatozoa, sperm cells

-lysis

destruction

-lytic

pertaining to destruction

-ism

state of

gynec/o

woman, female

oophor/o

ovary

salping/o

Fallopian tube

hyster/o, metr/o

uterus

cervic/o

cervix

colp/o, vagin/o

vagina

hymen/o

hymen

vulv/o

vulva

episi/o, perine/o

perineum

men/o

menstruation

lapar/o

abdominal cavity

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

peri-

surrounding

Endo-

within

-arche

beginning

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-rrhagia

rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)

-salpinx

fallopian tube

gyn

gynecology, gynecologist

Pap

Papanicolaou smear (Pap smear)

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

esophag/o

esophagus

hepat/o

liver

Neur/o

nerve

oste/o

bone

Patell/o

patella (kneecap)

pulmono

lung

Veno

vein

intra-

within

Sub-

under, below

-ectomy

surgical removal

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-pathy

disease

cyt/o

cell

hist/o

tissue

lip/o

fat

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

epitheli/o

epithelium (top layer of skin)

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

my/o, myos/o

muscle

lei/o

smooth

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

system/o

system (a group of organs)

Viscer/o

internal organs

aden/o

gland

somat/o

body

path/o

disease

eti/o

cause of disease

Cancer/o

cancer adj

carcin/o

cancer - noun

onc/o

tumor

iatr/o

physician, treatment

uni

one

Bi

two

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

hyper-

above normal, too fast, rapid

hypo-

Below normal, low

An-

without (prior to vowel)

A

Without (prior to constant)

-logy

study of

-logist

one who studies

-cyte

cell (suffix)

-oid

resembling

-osis

abnormal condition

-oma

Tumor (Suf)

-sarcoma

fleshy connective tissue tumor

-plasia

condition of formation

-plasm

substance

-genesis

forming, beginning, origin

-gen

substance or agent that causes

-genic

Pertaining to beginning, origin, formation

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

onych/o, ungu/o

nail

trich/o

hair

seb/o

oil

hidr/o

sweat

myc/o

fungus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

necr/o

tissue death

aut/o

self

heter/o

other

crypt/o

hidden

scler/o

hardening (CF)

xer/o

dry

Strept/o

twisted chains

staphyl/o

grapelike clusters